Inbreeding depression and genetic load of sexually selected traits: How the guppy lost its spots

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-281

  Van Oosterhout, Cock ^a   Trigg, R E ^a   Carvalho, G R ^a   Magurran, A E ^b   Hauser, L ^c   Shaw, P W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Good genes' model; Colour pattern; Deleterious equivalents; Inbreeding depression; Mating behaviour; Mutation load; Poecilia reticulata; Sexually selected traits; Y linkage

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COURTSHIP; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MUTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC LOAD; INBREEDING; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PIGMENTATION; POECILIA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0037369710     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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